What makes some designs good and others bad? Why do some designs work while others don’t? Posts in this category offer thoughtful design critiques of modern digital interfaces, with commentary inspired by Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things.”
Twitch is a popular live streaming service and application that allows people to interact with each other through chats and video broadcasts. This streaming platform offers a large variety of topics (music, cooking, lifestyle, etc.), with video games currently being the dominant subject. Twitch is available on their website, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, consoles (PS4, […]
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AutoCAD (Computer-Aided Design) is an industry-standard drafting program used across architectural and engineering professions. This tool allows users to quickly and precisely draft plans, sections, and details more efficiently than by hand. While AutoCAD has 3D capabilities, this design critique will focus on interface elements and several 2D drafting tools. Navigating the Model Space Upon
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Millions of Apple users have Photos on their iPhones as a digital memory box. It gives users quick and easy access to all users’ photos and videos, and there are so many intriguing and fun opportunities that users can do in the edit screen. However, I found some problems from the user perspective based on
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Behance is a popular platform for showcasing & discovering creative work. It is acquired by Adobe in 2012. It enables users to create an eye-catching portfolio, build a community, and get hired. The Design critique is on Behance (Android app) based on the concepts discussed by Don Norman in “The Design of Everyday Things.”
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Kindle is essentially an online e-reader by Amazon that grants users digital access to Amazon’s library of over a million books. The Kindle app facilitates users to access, buy, download and read e-books, magazines, and other digital media on their personal devices. Homescreen The app home screen uses various signifiers to facilitate users to seamlessly
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The New York Times is an American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership and founded in 1851. Frankly, I don’t read the news every day, but after a pandemic hits, I try to read the news quite often to distinguish reliable pandemic information. So, I downloaded the New York Times
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Urban Archive is an IOS-free app that shows history throughout a map. The app offers archival photos, historical information, cultural institutions and connects the user with their websites. It is designed to be accessible at any time, whether walking through the city or not. Its mission is to accompany the walker during his journey and show history through the buildings.
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Google Translate is a translation service website that was launched by Google in 2006. In 2010 and 2011 Android and iOS applications were launched respectively, and today the application is used by over 500 million people daily. The application inherits the conceptual model of the website, both digital products have similar designs and functionality. This
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Clubhouse is a social audio mobile application that allows users to listen, share and observe thoughts of people through topic specific channels that one can host or be a part of. Clubhouse seems to be a radio but with millions of channels (rooms). AN app that connects people through audio-based conversations. Task – Initial Log
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TikTok is a short-form video sharing app that has become a popular form of entertainment in the last couple years. Users scroll through their “For You Page” that contains videos generated from content they have interacted with before. Videos range from 15 seconds to 3 minutes and can be genre of entertainment.
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